Speakers

Shelly Banjo is a seasoned business news reporter and writer who speaks Spanish and Hebrew and has written stories and shot videos from five continents.

She got her training over eight years at The Wall Street Journal--where she broke news on big companies like Walmart and Home Depot. She cut her digital teeth at Quartz, Atlantic Media's global business news publication, and now writes a column about retail, restaurants, and consumer news for Bloomberg Gadfly, Bloomberg's new fast commentary site.

She has an MBA in Global Economics from New York University, and a BA in Journalism and International Studies from Northwestern University. She can be reached at sbanjo@bloomberg.net or on Twitter @sbanjo